Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network Sept 2019 Cake! Magazine | Page 12

Step 4: PAINTING THE TILES
Each tile shows colour relationships and schemes
using a colour wheel as well as the type of brush
and equipment that was used. There are basic
painting tips for each tile but remember there is
no right or wrong way. Painting is such a personal
thing – experiment and have fun.
COLOUR RELATIONSHIPS: PRIMARY,
SECONDARY AND TERTIARY COLOURS
Mixing Primary Colours (red, blue and yellow)
create the Secondary Colours of green (blue and
yellow), orange (yellow and red) and violet (red
and blue). Tertiary colours are made by mixing one
primary colour with an adjacent secondary colour.
For e.g., mixing blue with violet will create the
tertiary colour blue-violet.
Step 5: PAINTING REPEATING PATTERNS
If you’re not confident at freehand painting (I’m
certainly not!), imprinting fondant before it dries
with shaped cutters and piping tips is a great
way to create a repeating pattern. The imprint
also helps to guide the paint and prevent paint
bleed. An angular flat brush is good for curves and
getting into tight angles.
Step 6: PURE COLOUR, TINT, SHADE AND TONE
Pure colour is the colour you start with. In this
tile the pure colour is red. Tint is created by
adding white to the pure colour. Adding more
white creates a lighter tint. The flower petals
were painted layering red and two different tints
of red. Shade is created by adding black to
the pure colour. Adding more black creates a
darker shade. The stamens were painted using
a dark shade of red. Tone is created by adding
grey. More about that later.
Step 7: PAINTING BASIC FLOWERS
A round brush was used to paint the petals. A detail round brush was used to paint the stamen. Dots
can be created by holding a detail brush perpendicular to the tile touching just the tip of the brush onto
the surface. Lines can be also be created by changing the angle of the brush and dragging the tip
along the surface. The thickness of the line will depend on how heavy or light the brush is pushed on to
the tile surface.
Step 8:
Start with the lightest tint. Load the brush with paint then flatten the brush against the surface. As the
brush is lifted away from the surface, drag the tip outwards slightly to create the tip of the petal. Imagine
a stick figure person when painting the petal position (head, arm, arm, leg, leg). While the first layer of
paint is still wet, dab a darker tint on top of the lighter tint. Blend the top layer by dragging the brush up
towards the tip of the petal.
Step 9: PURE COLOUR, TINT, SHADE AND TONE
The final layer is the pure colour. Add a tiny amount to the centre and drag the tip of the brush
towards the tip. To create the stamens, add black to the pure colour. Use the tip of the detail brush and
dot the centre end of the petals.